Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer
Frank Mitchell Beameris a retired American college football coach, most notably for the Virginia Tech Hokies, and former college football player. Beamer was a cornerback for Virginia Tech from 1966 to 1968. His coaching experience began in 1972, and from 1981 to 1986 Beamer served as the head football coach at Murray State University. He then went on to become the head football coach at Virginia Tech from 1987 until his final game in 2015. He was one of the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 October 1946
CityMount Airy, NC
ability both bunch guys indication spring
It's all a bunch of young guys there and it's another indication that this is a tremendously important spring practice. Wheeler and Wang both have got ability and toughness, but they just don't have the experience.
football issue
Football is a lot like life, and you're going to have disappointments. The issue is how you come back from them.
loud vertical
It's loud. We've got a vertical stadium. I think it's as loud as any of them.
danny good solid
Danny is solid and tough, a good player,
pet special
You think you're part of a special breed. You think that you're his pet Pekinese.
impressed proud
I've just been very impressed with the whole process. I'm proud of him...I think he understands very well that his play is what counts.
half last season
It's what you do the last half of the season that really matters.
athletic bucks million problem start talking
It's not a problem to me. When you start talking about 20 million bucks for your athletic department, that's pretty significant.
Every one of them has been good, I think.
avenue east gave television
The Big East was the change. We wouldn't have made it without the Big East. It gave us the avenue to television and to the bowls.
best continue guys hard left players state usual work
It's just one of those years where more guys than usual left the state, but we'll continue to work hard to get the best players in the state of Virginia.
challenge offensive prepare thursday wednesday
It's just different. You try to prepare for it here on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and it's a challenge for your offense. We haven't scored an offensive touchdown in two years. Part of that's them, part of that's us.
both extremely hard seems stakes teams
It seems like it's always an important game, ... I think both teams play extremely hard when we play each other. The stakes have always been high.
games penalties personal remember second sloppy tech virginia won
I want to remember the second half. I don't particularly want to remember the first half. ... We got back to Virginia Tech football. Personal fouls, penalties and sloppy play. That's not us. We haven't won all these games by being like that.